This moving life drama traces the "after" of the protagonists of "Yamikoko School," hailed as a pinnacle of post-war democratic education, while also questioning the origins of education. ---------- "The Distant "Yamikoko": Seikyo Muchaku and His Students' Forty Years" Shinichi Sano, Bunshun Bunko, 20240810 Price: ¥ 573 "Yamikoko School" became a bestseller upon its publication in 1951, and the children were praised as the embodiment of post-war democratic education. Forty years later—young teacher Seikyo Muchaku left the mountains for Tokyo. His students also left the village, some for the city, some to dedicate themselves to the dying agriculture, and others to start companies... This is a moving report that follows the trajectories of 1 plus 43 people who lived earnestly. ---------- Books in the same genre can be found under the following tags (based on Amazon classification): #Aki's Educators' Biographies #Aki's History of Education #Aki's General Books on School Education #The Distant "Yamikoko" #Shinichi Sano #Shinichi_Sano #Books #History/Biography